A grand jury will soon announce whether Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson should be charged in the shooting death of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. Protesters and police are trying to work together to avoid a repeat of the clashes between the two sides which took place earlier this summer.

Professor Rogers brought together scholars from Barnard College, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Texas A&M, the University of Alabama, the University of Chicago, the University of Utah, Wayne State University, and Yale University for the issue.

Our podcast series features a discussion with Rogers about the issue and the situation for young black men in America today to supplement the open access articles on this important discussion. Listen below.